Bottle stopper and seal



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BOTTLE STOPPER AND SEAL.

APPLICAHON mu) JUNE as, 1920 Pamnted Oct. 5, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL SUSdL, 0F NEWPORT NEWS. VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO JAMES P. BRYANT, 0F NEWPORT NEWS. VIRGINIA.

BOTTLE STOPPER AND SEAL.

Application filed June 15, 1920.

lie it known that l. Plum Hi'soL. a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia. residing at Newport News. in the county of Norwich and. State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Bottle Stoppers and Seals, of which the following is a specificm tion.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hottle stoppers and Seals and ymrticularly to that type of bottle wherein a seal is positioned inwardly of the bottle neck and cooperates therewith to provide a stopper for the neck, the seal hemg movable to a different position to permit the passage of the contents of the hottlc through the neck and Cooperating with the bottle neck. to prevent the return of the seal to its closing position.

With the above and other oh iects in View, the present invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangcnientof parts hereinafter more fully described and shown in the iu-conipan x ing drawings, wherein like re'l'iu'cnr-e characters indicate similar parts tln'oug hout the several views.

In the dra\ 'ngs Figure l is a vertical sectional View of a bottle neck with a portion of the body hrokl-u away with the stopper and seal in closed positions.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l. with the stopper removed and the seal shifted to its open position.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionai View taken on line lll ll l of Fig. 1

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View taken on line Ii -IV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a side elemtional View of the bottle neck guard removed from the neck;

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Fig.3. (3 is a side olorational View of the cork seal removed from the bottle neck.

Briefly described. the present invention has for its main object to provide a bottle stopper that is mustructed to coact with a specially formed bottle neck that is adapted when in one position. to close the outlet of the neck. and when in another position to permit the contents of the bottle to flow tin-ou h theneck and to he viewable. to indi- (-ale the opening through the neck and pre- Nell [ed from returning to the neck closing position. i closure cork is positioned in the outer end of the bottle neck and a guard Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Serial No. 389,158.

cap is arranged inwardly of the cork through which the controlling cord for the stopper seal passes.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there is illustrated a bottle embodying a body 1 and a neck formed of an inner section 2 and an outer section 3 separated by an enlarged annular chamber 4: ei'nhodies an inner wall 5 and an outer wall 6, while the outer neck portion 3 is of increased cross sectional area adjacent the annular chamber 4 to provide an outer shoulder 2.

Th stopper and seal associated with the bottle neck is torliied oi two circular cork blocks adapted, when adjaoently positioned as shown in Fig. 1. to completely close the inner neck section 2. The seal cork sections 8 a re carried by a spring device emhodying a looped portion 9 having depending legs 10 with angularly bent lower ends 11 adapted for inc-losing the lower ends and inner and outer sides of the cork sections 8, the spring legs 10 having a tendency to separate to the position shown in Fig. 2, and only remaining adjacent-ly positioned when the cork sections 8 are disposed within the bottle neck section 2.

A guard cap is permanently positioned within the neck of the bottle and embodies an upper wall 12, a circular side wall 13 with radial perforations 14 therein. The cap guard is anchored within the bottle neck by the resilientarms 15 fixed at their upper ends as at 16 within the lower ends of the side wails '13. while the lower ends of the resilient arms are outwardly bent as at 17 with toothed upper Fares as shown in Figs. l and 2. In positioning the guard cap within the bottle neck, the spring arms 15 are moved inwardly to permit. the extremities of the heat ends 17 to ride. over the inner face of the bottle neck until the same extend below the upper wall 6 of the chamher 4, at which time the same will spring outwardly and be permanently retained Within the bottle neck. A cord 18 is attached to the looped portion 9 of the spring device and is threaded through opposite openings 14 in the guard cap, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and suitably knotted adjacent the upper face 12 of the guard cap.

An outer sealing stopper 19 of cork or iike material is positioned in the outer end of the neck section 3 to seal the entire contents 

